A pinch-single by Bobby Murcer plated the decisive run as the Yankees edged the Twins, 3-2. The score was 2-2 when Dave Winfield drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the eighth, reached second on Bobby Brown's infield single and registered on Murcer's hit. The Twins had tied the game in the top of the frame on an infield grounder by Rob Wilfong. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    26, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   2  5  3
Yankees      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ward lf,cf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .255      Mumphrey cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Engle rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .218      Milbourne 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .327
Hatcher cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Gamble dh             3   1   1   0     1   1   .291
  Powell ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .224
  Goodwin lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Revering 1b           3   0   2   1     1   0   .234
Mackanin 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .247      Winfield lf           3   1   0   1     1   0   .282
  Wilfong ph,2b       1   0   0   1     0   0   .235      Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .222
Castino 3b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Foote c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Butera c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .231        Murcer ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .272
Baker dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .164        Cerone c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Adams ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .210      Dent ss               4   0   2   0     0   0   .233
Hrbek 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .182      Righetti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Faedo ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   5   2     3   7             Totals               32   3   9   3     4   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 30,271
Left on Base: Twins 7, Yankees 10
DP: Twins 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Butera, Faedo, Williams, Brown
Doubles: Mackanin (7), Revering (3), Dent (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Mumphrey (5)
GIDP: Winfield (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams L(3-6)         8     9   3   3   4   4   0  37   3.59
Totals                  8     9   3   3   4   4   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Righetti                7     2   1   1   3   7   0  27   1.92
Gossage W(3-1)          2     3   1   1   0   0   0   9   0.76
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   7   0  36

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Ward struck out; Engle grounded out (second to
first); Hatcher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Milbourne
singled to left; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Milbourne to second]; Nettles walked; Revering doubled to
center [Milbourne scored, Nettles to third]; Winfield popped to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 1.

TWINS 2ND: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Castino
grounded out (shortstop to first); Butera walked; Baker struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Brown flied out to left; Foote lined to center;
Dent doubled to center; Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 1.

TWINS 3RD: Hrbek walked; Faedo flied out to left; Ward reached
on an error by Brown [Hrbek to second]; Engle flied out to
center; Hatcher was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Gamble
walked; Nettles singled to pitcher [Gamble to second]; Nettles
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Williams
[Gamble to third, Nettles to second]; Revering was walked
intentionally; Winfield reached on a fielder's choice [Gamble
scored, Nettles to third, Revering to second (error by Faedo)];
Brown struck out; Foote forced Winfield (shortstop to second); 1
R, 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 2.

TWINS 4TH: Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Castino
struck out; Butera grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Dent singled to center; Mumphrey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Dent to second]; Milbourne popped to
second; Gamble was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Yankees 2.

TWINS 5TH: Baker flied out to right; Hrbek struck out; Faedo
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to center; Revering singled to
center; Winfield grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Yankees 2.

TWINS 6TH: Ward walked; Engle lined to center; Hatcher popped to
first in foul territory; Mackanin doubled to right [Ward
scored]; Castino singled to pitcher [Mackanin to third]; Butera
forced Castino (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Brown struck out; Foote flied out to center; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Yankees 2.

TWINS 7TH: Baker popped to second; Hrbek struck out; Faedo
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Mumphrey grounded out (second to first); Milbourne
grounded out (second to first); Gamble singled to center;
Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Yankees 2.

TWINS 8TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING); Ward grounded
out (third to first); Engle singled to center; POWELL BATTED FOR
HATCHER; Powell singled to right [Engle to third]; WILFONG
BATTED FOR MACKANIN; Wilfong reached on a fielder's choice
[Engle scored, Powell to second]; Castino singled to right
[Powell out at home (right to catcher), Wilfong to third];
Butera popped to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GOODWIN
REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING LF); WARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Revering popped to first in foul territory; Winfield
walked; Brown singled to second [Winfield to second]; MURCER
BATTED FOR FOOTE; Murcer singled to left [Winfield scored, Brown
to third, Murcer to second (error by Butera)]; Dent grounded out
(third to first); Mumphrey flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 3.

TWINS 9TH: CERONE REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING C ); ADAMS BATTED FOR
BAKER; Adams grounded out (pitcher to first); Hrbek popped to
second; Faedo popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 3.